London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1940
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1940
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT— PAGE
Public Health Committee 4
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 4
Staff 5
VITAL STATISTICS—
Area 8
Rateable Value 8
Population 8
Births 8
Deaths 9
Marriages 9
Infantile Mortality Rates 10
Deaths from Tuberculosis 10
Vital Statistics of District 11
Causes of Deaths 12
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases 14
Infantile Mortality, Causes of Deaths 15
INFECTIOUS DISEASES—
Diseases Notifiable 16
Diphtheria Prevention 16
Disinfection 17
Cleansing Station 17
Shelter 17
Bacteriological Laboratory 18
Food Poisoning 18
Insulin for Diabetic Patients 18
Nursing 19
Cases Notified in 1940 20
Cases Notified for last ten years 21
TUBERCULOSIS-
New Cases and Deaths 22
Period between Notifications and Deaths 22
Nursing, Extra Nourishment and Shelters 23
Lady Almoner 23
Work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary 24
Summary of Notifications 25
Cases on the Register 26
LIGHT TREATMENT, ELECTRO-THERAPY AND MASSAGE—
Work done in the Solarium 27